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An increasingly-confident Murray piled on the pressure and Ferrer again buckled at 4-5 with Murray completing victory with a volley into an open court.

Murray had spent most of the build-up to the tournament practising on clay in preparation for next week's Davis Cup final in Ghent where he hopes to lead his country to the title for the first time since 1936.

Later on Monday in Ilie Nastase Group Ferrer's compatriot Rafael Nadal, who missed the tournament last year, takes on French Open champion Stanislas Wawrinka.